September 15 — On This Day
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Events
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668
Eastern Roman Emperor Constans II is assassinated in his bath at Syracuse, Italy.
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994
Major Fatimid victory over the Byzantine Empire at the Battle of the Orontes.
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1440
Gilles de Rais, one of the earliest known serial killers, is taken into custody upon an accusation brought against him by Jean de Malestroit, Bishop of Nantes.
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1556
Departing from Vlissingen, ex-Holy Roman Emperor Charles V returns to Spain.
Vlissingen · Holy Roman Emperor · Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor
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1616
The first non-aristocratic, free public school in Europe is opened in Frascati, Italy.
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1762
Seven Years' War: Battle of Signal Hill.
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1776
American Revolutionary War: British forces land at Kip's Bay during the New York Campaign.
American Revolutionary War · Landing at Kip's Bay · New York Campaign
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1789
The United States "Department of Foreign Affairs", established by law in July, is renamed the Department of State and given a variety of domestic duties.
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1794
French Revolutionary Wars: Arthur Wellesley (later Duke of Wellington) sees his first combat at the Battle of Boxtel during the Flanders Campaign.
French Revolutionary Wars · Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington · Battle of Boxtel · Flanders Campaign
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1795
Britain seizes the Dutch Cape Colony in southern Africa to prevent its use by the Batavian Republic.
Invasion of the Cape Colony (1795) · Dutch Cape Colony · Batavian Republic
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1812
The French army under Napoleon reaches the Kremlin in Moscow.
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1812
War of 1812: A second supply train sent to relieve Fort Harrison is ambushed in the Attack at the Narrows.
War of 1812 · Siege of Fort Harrison · Siege of Fort Harrison
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1816
HMS Whiting runs aground on the Doom Bar
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1820
Constitutionalist revolution in Lisbon, Portugal.
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1821
Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica got independence from Spain after being destroyed by Napoleon.
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1830
The Liverpool to Manchester railway line opens; British MP William Huskisson becomes the first widely reported railway passenger fatality when he is struck and killed by the locomotive Rocket.
Opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway · William Huskisson · Stephenson's Rocket
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1835
HMS Beagle, with Charles Darwin aboard, reaches the Galápagos Islands. The ship lands at Chatham or San Cristobal, the easternmost of the archipelago.
HMS Beagle · Charles Darwin · Galápagos Islands · San Cristóbal Island
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1851
Saint Joseph's University is founded in Philadelphia.
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1862
American Civil War: Confederate forces capture Harpers Ferry, Virginia (present-day Harpers Ferry, West Virginia)
American Civil War · Confederate States of America · Battle of Harpers Ferry · Harpers Ferry, West Virginia · Harpers Ferry, West Virginia
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1873
Franco-Prussian War: The last German troops leave France upon completion of payment of indemnity.
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1894
First Sino-Japanese War: Japan defeats Qing dynasty China in the Battle of Pyongyang.
First Sino-Japanese War · Empire of Japan · Qing dynasty · Battle of Pyongyang (1894)
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1915
The Empire Picture Theatre (now The New Empire Cinema), the oldest running cinema in mainland Australia, opens in Bowral, New South Wales.
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1916
World War I: Tanks are used for the first time in battle, at the Battle of the Somme.
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1918
World War I: Allied troops break through the Bulgarian defenses on the Macedonian Front.
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1935
The Nuremberg Laws deprive German Jews of citizenship.
Nuremberg Laws · History of the Jews in Germany · Citizenship
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1935
Nazi Germany adopts a new national flag bearing the swastika.
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1940
World War II: The climax of the Battle of Britain, when the Royal Air Force shoots down large numbers of Luftwaffe aircraft.
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1942
World War II: U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Wasp is sunk by Japanese torpedoes at Guadalcanal.
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1944
Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill meet in Quebec as part of the Octagon Conference to discuss strategy.
Franklin D. Roosevelt · Winston Churchill · Quebec · Second Quebec Conference
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1944
Battle of Peleliu begins as the United States Marine Corps' 1st Marine Division and the United States Army's 81st Infantry Division hit White and Orange beaches under heavy fire from Japanese infantry and artillery.
Battle of Peleliu · United States Marine Corps · 1st Marine Division (United States) · United States Army · 81st Infantry Division (United States)
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1945
A hurricane strikes southern Florida and the Bahamas, destroying 366 airplanes and 25 blimps at Naval Air Station Richmond.
1945 Homestead hurricane · Florida · The Bahamas · Naval Air Station Richmond
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1947
Typhoon Kathleen hit the Kanto Region in Japan killing 1,077.
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1948
The F-86 Sabre sets the world aircraft speed record at 671 miles per hour (1,080 km/h).
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1950
Korean War: United States forces land at Inchon
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1952
The United Nations cedes Eritrea to Ethiopia.
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1958
A Central Railroad of New Jersey commuter train runs through an open drawbridge at the Newark Bay, killing 48.
Central Railroad of New Jersey · Newark Bay rail accident · Newark Bay
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1959
Nikita Khrushchev becomes the first Soviet leader to visit the United States.
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1962
The Soviet ship Poltava heads toward Cuba, one of the events that sets into motion the Cuban Missile Crisis.
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1963
16th Street Baptist Church bombing: Four children killed in the bombing of an African-American church in Birmingham, Alabama, United States.
16th Street Baptist Church bombing · African-American church · Birmingham, Alabama
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1967
U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson, responding to a sniper attack at the University of Texas at Austin, writes a letter to Congress urging the enactment of gun control legislation.
Lyndon B. Johnson · Charles Whitman · University of Texas at Austin · United States Congress · Gun control
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1968
The Soviet Zond 5 spaceship is launched, becoming the first spacecraft to fly around the Moon and re-enter the Earth's atmosphere.
Soviet Union · Zond 5 · Moon
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1971
The first Greenpeace ship sets sail to protest against nuclear testing on Amchitka Island.
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1972
A Scandinavian Airlines System domestic flight from Gothenburg to Stockholm is hijacked and flown to Malmö Bulltofta Airport.
Scandinavian Airlines System · Gothenburg · Stockholm · Malmö Bulltofta Airport
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1974
Air Vietnam Flight 706 is hijacked, then crashes while attempting to land with 75 on board.
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1975
The French department of "Corse" (the entire island of Corsica) is divided into two: Haute-Corse (Upper Corsica) and Corse-du-Sud (Southern Corsica)
Departments of France · Corsica · Corsica · Haute-Corse · Corse-du-Sud
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1978
Muhammad Ali outpointed Leon Spinks in a rematch to become the first boxer to win the world heavyweight title three times at the Superdome in New Orleans.
Muhammad Ali · Leon Spinks · Mercedes-Benz Superdome · New Orleans
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1981
The Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously approves Sandra Day O'Connor to become the first female justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary · Sandra Day O'Connor · Supreme Court of the United States
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1981
The John Bull becomes the oldest operable steam locomotive in the world when the Smithsonian Institution operates it under its own power outside Washington, D.C.
John Bull (locomotive) · Steam locomotive · Smithsonian Institution
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1983
Israeli premier Menachem Begin resigns.
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2001
President George W. Bush gives his first post September 11th weekly address.
President of the United States · George W. Bush · September 11 attacks · Weekly Radio Address of the President of the United States
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2004
National Hockey League commissioner Gary Bettman announces lockout of the players' union and cessation of operations by the NHL head office.
National Hockey League · Gary Bettman · 2004-05 NHL lockout · National Hockey League Players' Association
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2008
Lehman Brothers files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, the largest bankruptcy filing in U.S. history.
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2017
The Parsons Green Bombing took place in London, United Kingdom
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767
Saichō, Japanese monk (d. 822)
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786
Al-Ma'mun, Iraqi caliph (d. 833)
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1461
Jacopo Salviati, Italian politician(d. 1553)
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1505
Mary of Hungary, Dutch ruler (d. 1558)
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1533
Catherine of Austria, Queen of Poland (d. 1572)
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1580
Charles Annibal Fabrot, French lawyer and author (d. 1659)
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1592
Giovanni Battista Rinuccini, archbishop of Fermo (d. 1653)
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1613
François de La Rochefoucauld, French soldier and author (d. 1680)
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1649
Titus Oates, English minister, fabricated the Popish Plot (d. 1705)
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1666
Sophia Dorothea of Celle (d. 1726)
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1690
Ignazio Prota, Italian composer and educator (d. 1748)
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1715
Jean-Baptiste Vaquette de Gribeauval, French general and engineer (d. 1789)
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1736
Jean Sylvain Bailly, French astronomer, mathematician, and politician, 1st Mayor of Paris (d. 1793)
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1759
Cornelio Saavedra, Argentinean general and politician (d. 1829)
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1760
Bogislav Friedrich Emanuel von Tauentzien, Prussian general (d. 1824)
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1765
Manuel Maria Barbosa du Bocage, Portuguese poet and author (d. 1805)
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1789
James Fenimore Cooper, American novelist, short story writer, and historian (d. 1851)
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1815
Halfdan Kjerulf, Norwegian journalist and composer (d. 1868)
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1819
Cyprien Tanguay, Canadian priest and historian (d. 1902)
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1828
Alexander Butlerov, Russian chemist and academic (d. 1886)
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1830
Porfirio Díaz, Mexican general and politician, 29th President of Mexico (d. 1915)
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1846
George Franklin Grant, African-American educator, dentist, and inventor (d. 1910)
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1852
Edward Bouchet, American physicist and educator (d. 1918)
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1852
Jan Ernst Matzeliger, Surinamese-American inventor (d. 1889)
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1857
William Howard Taft, American lawyer, jurist, and politician, 27th President of the United States (d. 1930)
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1857
Anna Winlock, American astronomer and academic (d. 1904)
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1858
Charles de Foucauld, French priest and martyr (d. 1916)
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1858
Jenő Hubay, Hungarian violinist, composer, and educator (d. 1937)
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1861
M. Visvesvaraya, Indian engineer, scholar, and Bharat Ratna Laureate, Diwan of the Mysore Kingdom (d. 1962)
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1863
Horatio Parker, American organist, composer, and educator (d. 1919)
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1864
Prince Sigismund of Prussia (d. 1866)
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1867
Vladimir May-Mayevsky, Russian general (d. 1920)
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1876
Bruno Walter, German-American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1962)
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1876
Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay, Bengali novelist (d. 1938)
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1877
Jakob Ehrlich, Czech-Austrian politician (d. 1938)
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1877
Yente Serdatzky, Lithuanian-American author and playwright (d. 1962)
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1879
Joseph Lyons, Australian educator and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1939)
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1881
Ettore Bugatti, Italian-French businessman, founded Bugatti (d. 1947)
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1883
Esteban Terradas i Illa, Spanish mathematician and engineer (d. 1950)
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1886
Paul Lévy, French mathematician and theorist (d. 1971)
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1887
Carlos Dávila, Chilean journalist and politician, President of Chile (d. 1955)
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1888
Antonio Ascari, Italian race car driver (d. 1925)
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1889
Robert Benchley, American humorist, newspaper columnist, and actor (d. 1945)
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1889
Claude McKay, Jamaican-American poet and author (d. 1948)
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1890
Ernest Bullock, English organist and composer (d. 1979)
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1890
Agatha Christie, English crime novelist, short story writer, and playwright (d. 1976)
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1890
Frank Martin, Swiss-Dutch pianist and composer (d. 1974)
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1892
Silpa Bhirasri, Italian sculptor and educator (d. 1962)
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1894
Chic Harley, American football player (d. 1974)
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1894
Oskar Klein, Swedish physicist and academic (d. 1977)
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1894
Jean Renoir, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1979)
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1895
Magda Lupescu, mistress and later wife of King Carol II of Romania (d.1977)
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1897
Merle Curti, American historian and author (d. 1997)
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1898
J. Slauerhoff, Dutch poet and author (d. 1936)
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1901
Donald Bailey, English engineer, designed Bailey bridge (d. 1985)
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1903
Roy Acuff, American singer-songwriter and fiddler (d. 1992)
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1904
Umberto II of Italy (d. 1983)
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1904
Sheilah Graham Westbrook, English-American actress, journalist, and author (d. 1988)
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1906
Jacques Becker, French actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1960)
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1906
Walter E. Rollins, American songwriter (d. 1973)
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1907
Gunnar Ekelöf, Swedish poet and author (d. 1968)
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1907
Fay Wray, Canadian-American actress (d. 2004)
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1908
Kid Sheik, American trumpet player (d. 1996)
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1908
Penny Singleton, American actress and singer (d. 2003)
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1909
C. N. Annadurai, Indian educator and politician, 7th Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu (d. 1969)
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1909
Phil Arnold, American actor (d. 1968)
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1910
Betty Neels, English nurse and author (d. 2001)
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1911
Karsten Solheim, Norwegian-American businessman, founded PING (d. 2000)
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1911
Luther Terry, American physician and academic, 9th Surgeon General of the United States (d. 1985)
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1913
Henry Brant, Canadian-American composer and conductor (d. 2008)
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1913
Bruno Hoffmann, German glass harp player (d. 1991)
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1913
John N. Mitchell, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 67th United States Attorney General (d. 1988)
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1913
Johannes Steinhoff, German general and pilot (d. 1994)
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1914
Creighton Abrams, American general (d. 1974)
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1914
Adolfo Bioy Casares, Argentinian journalist and author (d. 1999)
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1914
Orhan Kemal, Turkish author (d. 1970)
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1914
Robert McCloskey, American author and illustrator (d. 2003)
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1915
Fawn M. Brodie, American historian and author (d. 1981)
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1915
Al Casey, American guitarist and composer (d. 2005)
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1915
Albert Whitlock, English-American special effects designer (d. 1999)
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1916
Margaret Lockwood, Pakistani-English actress (d. 1990)
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1916
Frederick C. Weyand, American general (d. 2010)
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1917
Hilde Gueden, Austrian soprano (d. 1988)
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1918
Alfred D. Chandler Jr., American historian and academic (d. 2007)
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1918
Phil Lamason, New Zealand soldier and pilot (d. 2012)
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1918
Margot Loyola, Chilean singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2015)
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1918
Nipsey Russell, American comedian and actor (d. 2005)
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1919
Fausto Coppi, Italian cyclist and soldier (d. 1960)
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1919
Nelson Gidding, American author and screenwriter (d. 2004)
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1919
Heda Margolius Kovály, Czech author and translator (d. 2010)
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1920
Kym Bonython, Australian race car driver, drummer, and radio host (d. 2011)
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1921
Richard Gordon, English surgeon and author (d. 2017)
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1921
Gene Roland, American pianist and composer (d. 1982)
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1922
Bob Anderson, English fencer and choreographer (d. 2012)
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1922
Jackie Cooper, American actor (d. 2011)
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1922
Gaetano Cozzi, Italian historian and academic (d. 2001)
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1922
Mary Soames, English author (d. 2014)
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1923
Anton Heiller, Austrian organist, composer, and conductor (d. 1979)
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1924
Lucebert, Dutch poet and painter (d. 1994)
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1924
György Lázár, Hungarian politician, 50th Prime Minister of Hungary (d. 2014)
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1924
Bobby Short, American singer and pianist (d. 2005)
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1924
Mordechai Tzipori, Israeli politician and soldier (d. 2017)
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1925
Stanley Chapman, English architect and author (d. 2009)
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1925
Erika Köth, German soprano (d. 1981)
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1925
Carlo Rambaldi, Italian special effects artist (d. 2012)
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1925
Helle Virkner, Danish actress and singer (d. 2009)
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1926
Shohei Imamura, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2006)
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1926
Jean-Pierre Serre, French mathematician and academic
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1927
Rudolf Anderson, pilot and commissioned officer in the United States Air Force (d. 1962)
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1927
Norm Crosby, American comedian and actor
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1927
David Stove, Australian philosopher and academic (d. 1994)
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1928
Cannonball Adderley, American saxophonist and bandleader (d. 1975)
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1929
Eva Burrows, Australian 13th General of The Salvation Army (d. 2015)
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1929
Murray Gell-Mann, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
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1929
Stan Kelly-Bootle, English singer-songwriter, computer scientist, and author (d. 2014)
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1929
Dick Latessa, American actor (d. 2016)
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1929
John Julius Norwich, English historian and author
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1929
Wilbur Snyder, American football player and wrestler (d. 1991)
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1929
Mümtaz Soysal, Turkish academic and politician, 30th Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs
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1930
Endel Lippmaa, Estonian physicist and academic (d. 2015)
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1931
Brian Henderson, New Zealand-Australian journalist, actor, and producer
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1932
Neil Bartlett, English-American chemist and academic (d. 2008)
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1933
Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Spanish conductor and composer (d. 2014)
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1934
Tomie dePaola, American author and illustrator
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1934
Fred Nile, Australian soldier, minister, and politician
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1935
Dinkha IV, Iraqi patriarch (d. 2015)
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1936
Ashley Cooper, Australian tennis player
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1936
Sara Henderson, Australian farmer and author (d. 2005)
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1937
Joey Carew, Trinidadian cricketer (d. 2011)
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1937
Fernando de la Rúa, Argentinian lawyer and politician, 51st President of Argentina
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1937
King Curtis Iaukea, American wrestler (d. 2010)
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1937
Robert Lucas Jr., American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
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1937
Pino Puglisi, Italian priest and martyr (d. 1993)
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1938
Gaylord Perry, American baseball player and coach
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1939
Subramanian Swamy, Indian economist, academic, and politician, Indian Minister of Law and Justice
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1939
George Walden, English journalist and politician
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1940
Merlin Olsen, American football player, sportscaster, and actor (d. 2010)
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1941
Flórián Albert, Hungarian footballer and manager (d. 2011)
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1941
Signe Toly Anderson, American rock singer (d. 2016)
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1941
Mirosław Hermaszewski, Polish general, pilot, and astronaut
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1941
Yuriy Norshteyn, Russian animator, director, and screenwriter
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1941
Viktor Zubkov, Russian businessman and politician, 37th Prime Minister of Russia
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1942
Lee Dorman, American bass player (d. 2012)
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1942
Philip Harris, Baron Harris of Peckham, English businessman and politician
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1942
Ksenia Milicevic, French painter and architect
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1944
Mauro Piacenza, Italian cardinal
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1944
Graham Taylor, English footballer and manager (d. 2017)
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1945
Carmen Maura, Spanish actress
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1945
Jessye Norman, American soprano
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1945
Hans-Gert Pöttering, German lawyer and politician, 23rd President of the European Parliament
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1945
Ron Shelton, American director, producer, and screenwriter
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1946
Tommy Lee Jones, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
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1946
Mike Procter, South African cricketer, coach, and referee
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1946
Oliver Stone, American director, screenwriter, and producer
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1946
Howard Waldrop, American author and critic
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1947
Viggo Jensen, Danish footballer and manager
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1947
Diane E. Levin, American educator and author
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1947
Theodore Long, American wrestling referee and manager
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1949
Joe Barton, American lawyer and politician
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1950
Mirza Masroor Ahmad, Pakistani-English caliph and scholar
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1951
Pete Carroll, American football player and coach
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1951
Johan Neeskens, Dutch footballer and manager
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1952
Richard Brodeur, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
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1952
Paula Duncan, Australian actress
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1952
Ratnajeevan Hoole, Sri Lankan engineer and academic
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1952
Kelly Keagy, American singer and drummer
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1953
Keiko Takeshita, Japanese actress
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1954
Adrian Adonis, American wrestler (d. 1988)
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1954
Hrant Dink, Turkish journalist (d. 2007)
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1955
Željka Antunović, Croatian politician, 9th Croatian Minister of Defence
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1955
Abdul Qadir, Pakistani cricketer
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1955
Bruce Reitherman, American voice actor, singer, cinematographer, and producer
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1955
Renzo Rosso, Italian fashion designer and businessman, co-founded Diesel Clothing
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1956
Ross J. Anderson, British academic and educator
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1956
Maggie Reilly, Scottish singer-songwriter
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1956
Ned Rothenberg, American saxophonist, clarinet player, and composer
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1958
Joel Quenneville, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
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1958
Wendie Jo Sperber, American actress (d. 2005)
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1959
Mark Kirk, American commander, lawyer, and politician
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1960
Ed Solomon, American director, producer, and screenwriter
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1961
Terry Lamb, Australian rugby league player and coach
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1961
Helen Margetts, British political scientist
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1961
Dan Marino, American football player and sportscaster
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1961
Patrick Patterson, Jamaican cricketer
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1962
Amanda Wakeley, English fashion designer
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1963
Pete Myers, American basketball player and coach
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1963
Stephen C. Spiteri, Maltese military historian
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1964
Robert Fico, Slovak academic and politician, 14th Prime Minister of Slovakia
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1964
Steve Watkin, Welsh cricketer
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1964
Doyle Wolfgang von Frankenstein, American guitarist and songwriter
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1966
Sherman Douglas, American basketball player
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1967
Paul Abbott, American baseball player and coach
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1967
Rodney Eyles, Australian squash player
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1969
Revaz Arveladze, Georgian footballer
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1969
Corby Davidson, American radio personality
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1969
Allen Shellenberger, American drummer (d. 2009)
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1971
Nathan Astle, New Zealand cricketer and coach
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1971
Josh Charles, American actor and director
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1971
Wayne Ferreira, South African tennis player
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1971
Ben Wallers, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
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1972
Jimmy Carr, English comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter
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1972
Queen Letizia of Spain
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1972
Lady Victoria, American wrestler
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1973
Prince Daniel, Duke of Västergötland, Swedish prince
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1974
Arata Iura, Japanese actor, model, and fashion designer
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1975
Tom Dolan, American swimmer
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1975
Martina Krupičková, Czech painter
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1976
Brett Kimmorley, Australian rugby league player and sportscaster
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1976
Paul Thomson, Scottish drummer
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1976
Matt Thornton, American baseball player
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1977
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Nigerian novelist, essayist, and short story writer
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1977
Angela Aki, Japanese singer-songwriter
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1977
Sophie Dahl, English model and author
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1977
Tom Hardy, English actor
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1977
Leander Jordan, American football player
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1977
Jason Terry, American basketball player
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1978
Zach Filkins, American guitarist
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1978
Eiður Guðjohnsen, Icelandic footballer
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1978
Genki Horiguchi, Japanese wrestler
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1979
Dave Annable, American actor
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1979
Patrick Marleau, Canadian ice hockey player
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1979
Carlos Ruiz, Guatemalan footballer
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1979
Reece Young, New Zealand cricketer
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1980
David Diehl, American football player and sportscaster
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1980
Mike Dunleavy Jr., American basketball player
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1983
Yuka Hirata, Japanese actress and model
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1983
Luke Hochevar, American baseball player
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1984
Prince Harry of Wales
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1984
Loek van Mil, Dutch baseball player
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1984
Cyhi the Prynce, American rapper and producer
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1985
François-Olivier Roberge, Canadian speed skater
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1986
Jenna Marbles, American YouTuber and comedian
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1986
George Watsky, American hip-hop artist, poet and author
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1987
Aly Cissokho, French footballer
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1987
Rhett Titus, American wrestler
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1988
Michael Cooper, English rugby league player
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1988
Clare Maguire, English singer-songwriter
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1988
Tim Moltzen, Australian rugby league player
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1990
Oliver Gill, English footballer
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1990
Aaron Mooy, Australian footballer
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1991
Lee Jung-shin, South Korean rapper and bass player
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1991
Phil Ofosu-Ayeh, German-Ghanaian footballer
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1995
Joe Ofahengaue, New Zealand-Tongan rugby league player
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1996
Nao Furuhata, Japanese idol and singer
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1999
Nana Owada, Japanese idol, singer, and actress
Famous Deaths
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668
Constans II, Byzantine emperor (b. 630)
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921
Ludmila of Bohemia, Czech martyr and saint (b. 860)
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1140
Adelaide of Hungary, Duchess of Bohemia
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1146
Alan, 1st Earl of Richmond, English soldier (b. 1100)
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1231
Louis I, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1173)
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1326
Dmitry of Tver (b. 1299)
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1352
Ewostatewos, Ethiopian monk and saint (b. 1273)
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1397
Adam Easton, English cardinal
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1408
Edmund Holland, 4th Earl of Kent, English politician (b. 1384)
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1496
Hugh Clopton, Lord Mayor of London (b. c. 1440)
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1500
John Morton, English cardinal and academic (b. 1420)
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1504
Elisabeth of Bavaria, Electress of the Palatinate (b. 1478)
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1510
Saint Catherine of Genoa (b. 1447)
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1559
Isabella Jagiellon, Queen of Hungary (d. 1519)
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1596
Leonhard Rauwolf, German physician and botanist (b. 1535)
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1613
Thomas Overbury, English poet and author (b. 1581)
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1643
Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork, English-Irish politician, Lord High Treasurer of Ireland (b. 1566)
Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork · Lord High Treasurer of Ireland
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1649
John Floyd, English priest and educator (b. 1572)
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1700
André Le Nôtre, French gardener (b. 1613)
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1701
Edmé Boursault, French author and playwright (b. 1638)
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1707
George Stepney, English poet and diplomat (b. 1663)
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1712
Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin, English politician, Lord High Treasurer (b. 1645)
Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin · Lord High Treasurer
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1750
Charles Theodore Pachelbel, German organist and composer (b. 1690)
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1794
Abraham Clark, American police officer and politician (b. 1725)
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1803
Gian Francesco Albani, Italian cardinal (b. 1719)
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1813
Antoine Étienne de Tousard, French general and engineer (b. 1752)
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1830
François Baillairgé, Canadian painter and sculptor (b. 1759)
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1830
William Huskisson, English financier and politician, Secretary of State for War and the Colonies (b. 1770)
William Huskisson · Secretary of State for War and the Colonies
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1841
Alessandro Rolla, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1757)
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1842
Pierre Baillot, French violinist and composer (b. 1771)
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1842
Francisco Morazán, Guatemalan general, lawyer, and politician, President of Central American Federation (b. 1792)
Francisco Morazán · List of heads of state of Federal Republic of Central America
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1852
Johann Karl Simon Morgenstern, German-Estonian philologist and academic (b. 1770)
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1859
Isambard Kingdom Brunel, English architect and engineer, designed the Great Western Railway (b. 1806)
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1864
John Hanning Speke, English soldier and explorer (b. 1827)
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1883
Joseph Plateau, Belgian physicist and academic (b. 1801)
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1893
Thomas Hawksley, English engineer (b. 1807)
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1915
Ernest Gagnon, Canadian organist and composer (b. 1834)
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1921
Roman von Ungern-Sternberg, Austrian-Russian general (b. 1886)
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1926
Rudolf Christoph Eucken, German philosopher and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1846)
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1930
Milton Sills, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1882)
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1938
Thomas Wolfe, American novelist (b. 1900)
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1940
William B. Bankhead, American lawyer and politician, 47th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1874)
William B. Bankhead · Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
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1945
André Tardieu, French journalist and politician, 97th Prime Minister of France (b. 1876)
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1945
Anton Webern, Austrian composer and conductor (b. 1883)
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1945
Linnie Marsh Wolfe, American librarian and author (b. 1881)
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1952
Hugo Raudsepp, Estonian author and playwright (b. 1883)
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1965
Steve Brown, American bassist (b. 1890)
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1972
Ulvi Cemal Erkin, Turkish composer and educator (b. 1906)
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1972
Baki Süha Ediboğlu, Turkish poet and author (b. 1915)
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1972
Geoffrey Fisher, English archbishop and academic (b. 1887)
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1973
Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden (b. 1882)
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1973
Víctor Jara, Chilean singer-songwriter, poet, and director (b. 1932)
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1975
Franco Bordoni, Italian race car driver and pilot (b. 1913)
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1978
Robert Cliche, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1921)
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1978
Willy Messerschmitt, German engineer and academic, designed the Messerschmitt Bf 109 (b. 1898)
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1980
Bill Evans, American pianist and composer (b. 1929)
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1981
Rafael Méndez, Mexican trumpet player and composer (b. 1906)
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1983
Prince Far I, Jamaican DJ and producer (b. 1944)
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1985
Cootie Williams, American trumpet player (b. 1910)
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1989
Jan DeGaetani, American soprano (b. 1933)
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1989
Olga Erteszek, Polish-American fashion designer (b. 1916)
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1989
Robert Penn Warren, American novelist, poet, and literary critic (b. 1905)
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1991
John Hoyt, American actor (b. 1904)
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1991
Warner Troyer, Canadian journalist and author (b. 1932)
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1993
Pino Puglisi, Italian priest and martyr (b. 1937)
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1995
Harry Calder, South African cricketer (b. 1901)
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1995
Gunnar Nordahl, Swedish footballer and manager (b. 1921)
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1997
Bulldog Brower, American wrestler (b. 1933)
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1998
Louis Rasminsky, Canadian economist, 3rd Governor of the Bank of Canada (b. 1908)
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2001
June Salter, Australian actress and author (b. 1932)
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2003
Garner Ted Armstrong, American evangelist and author (b. 1930)
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2004
Johnny Ramone, American guitarist and songwriter (b. 1948)
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2004
Walter Stewart, Canadian journalist and author (b. 1931)
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2005
Guy Green, English director and cinematographer (b. 1913)
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2005
Sidney Luft, American manager and producer (b. 1915)
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2006
Raymond Baxter, English television host and author (b. 1922)
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2006
Oriana Fallaci, Italian journalist and author (b. 1929)
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2006
Pablo Santos, Mexican-American actor (b. 1987)
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2007
Colin McRae, Scottish race car driver (b. 1968)
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2007
Jeremy Moore, English general (b. 1928)
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2007
Aldemaro Romero, Venezuelan pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1928)
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2007
Brett Somers, Canadian-American actress and singer (b. 1924)
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2008
Richard Wright, English singer-songwriter and keyboard player (b. 1943)
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2009
Troy Kennedy Martin, Scottish-English screenwriter (b. 1932)
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2010
Arrow, Caribbean singer-songwriter (b. 1949)
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2011
Frances Bay, Canadian-American actress (b. 1919)
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2012
Tibor Antalpéter, Hungarian volleyball player and diplomat, Hungarian Ambassador of Hungary to the United Kingdom (b. 1930)
Tibor Antalpéter · List of Ambassadors of Hungary to the United Kingdom
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2012
Nevin Spence, Northern Irish rugby player (b. 1990)
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2013
Habib Munzir Al-Musawa, Indonesian cleric and scholar (b. 1973)
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2013
Jerry G. Bishop, American radio and television host (b. 1936)
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2013
Gerard Cafesjian, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1925)
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2013
Jackie Lomax, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1944)
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2014
John Anderson Jr., American lawyer and politician, 36th Governor of Kansas (b. 1917)
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2014
Eugene I. Gordon, American physicist and engineer (b. 1930)
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2014
Nicholas Romanov, Prince of Russia (b. 1922)
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2014
Jürg Schubiger, Swiss psychotherapist and author (b. 1936)
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2014
Wayne Tefs, Canadian anthologist, author, and critic (b. 1947)
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2015
Harry J. Lipkin, Israeli physicist and academic (b. 1921)
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2015
Meir Pa'il, Israeli commander, historian, and politician (b. 1926)
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2015
Bernard Van de Kerckhove, Belgian cyclist (b. 1941)
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2017
Harry Dean Stanton, actor